THE CHARGE IS MURDER

Hardback. Australia has had its fair share of murders - the grisly, the macabre, and the humdrum, the unsolved, and the controversial. Men have been hanged who perhaps should never have been convicted; men have gone free who perhaps should have been found guilty. The author, with his long experience of crime reporting, has made a colourful selection of strange cases. His list of chapter headings suggests the intriguing quality of his material. Beginning with the challenging "Guilty or Innocent?" which deals with the case of Colin Campbell Ross, charged with the murder of a schoolgirl, it runs on through such titles as "The Crimson Feather," "The Homicidal Hobo," "The Pyjama Girl Case," "The Singing Strangler," "The Walking Corpse," and others, to the final chapter, "The Killing at Government House," in which one of Australia's strangest 'crime passionnels' is discussed. Illus. 240pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned edges, o/w Vg+ in sl. chipped Vg. dw.